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    <center>Scilab Function</center>
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      <b>polfact</b> -  minimal factors</p>
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        <tt>[f]=polfact(p)  </tt>
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          <b>p</b>
        </tt>: polynomial</li>
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          <b>f</b>
        </tt>: vector <tt>
          <b>[f0 f1 ... fn]</b>
        </tt> such that <tt>
          <b>p=prod(f)</b>
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              <b>f0</b>
            </tt>: constant</li>
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              <b>fi</b>
            </tt>: polynomial</li>
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      <font color="blue">Description</font>
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        <b>f=polfact(p)</b>
      </tt> returns the minimal factors of p i.e. <tt>
        <b>f=[f0 f1 ... fn]</b>
      </tt> such 
    that <tt>
        <b>p=prod(f)</b>
      </tt>
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      <a href="lcm.htm">
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          <b>lcm</b>
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      </a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="cmndred.htm">
        <tt>
          <b>cmndred</b>
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      </a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="factors.htm">
        <tt>
          <b>factors</b>
        </tt>
      </a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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    <p> S. Steer INRIA</p>
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